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Thread #135870   Message #3099834
Posted By: GUEST,crazy little woman
21-Feb-11 - 02:06 PM
Thread Name: Why 'in a pear-tree?'
Subject: RE: Why 'in a pear-tree?'
apple tree doesn't scan

orange tree doesn't scan and it doesn't grow in Scotland, home of the song.

peach tree is too hard to say   ch-tr

watermelons don't grow on trees. neither do canteloupes

That leaves us with pear. Also partridge and pear are alliterative. The perfect choice!